A people inspired by democracy, human rights and economic opportunity will turn their back decisively against extremism.
BENAZIR BHUTTOWhatever my aims and agendas were, I never asked for power.
More Benazir Bhutto Quotes
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The forces of moderation and democracy must, and will, prevail against extremism and dictatorship. I will not be intimidated… Despite threats of death, I will not acquiesce to tyranny, but rather lead the fight against it.
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The next few months are critical to Pakistan’s future direction as a democratic state committed to promoting peace, fighting terrorism and working for social justice.
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Like all children I had taken my father for granted. Now that I had lost him, I felt an emptiness that could never be filled. But I did not let myself cry, believing as a Muslim that tears pull a spirit earthward and won’t let it be free.
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Through democracy we can address the basic needs of the people, involve them as participants in planning and restore the authority of the government.
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No, I am not pregnant. I am fat. And, as the Prime Minister, its my right to be fat if I want to.
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Democracy is the best revenge.
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What is important is that a political party articulates the mood of a generation.
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While living in America when I attended Harvard in the early 1970s, I saw for myself the awesome, almost miraculous, power of a people to change policy through democratic means.
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Democracy is the best revenge. After Benazir Bhutto’s death, her son’s brief public remarks were captured on video, and they were reported in international newspapers. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari announced, “My mother always said, ‘ Democracy is the best revenge.
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Military or dictatorial rule is not good for our Pakistan.
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What is not recorded is not remembered.
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I’m not into smoke-filled rooms. I don’t have the time for byzantine political intrigues.
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The United Nations charter gives every nation the right to self defence, therefore when the American embassies were bombed it was a matter of time before the Americans responded by going for what they suspected were the causes of the attack.
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The clerics took to the mosque saying that Pakistan had thrown itself outside the Muslim world and the Muslim umar by voting for a woman, that a woman had usurped a man’s place in the Islamic society.
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Right now, they feel they have lost their voice, and their miseries have increased since my departure.
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